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First thing I did when I heard about it was search for metric. Unfortunately it was in read-only mode, so I couldn't upvote it. It's also too bad the President didn't at least acknowledge the question when there were some with less upvotes that he did.

Over the course of the discussion, Reddit users peppered the President with questions ranging from Internet legislation to his favorite basketball player (Michael Jordan) to tax and finance policy to the likelihood of the United States transitioning to the metric system

I really hope for all 'dem Americans it comes trough. But it probably won't happen ... atleast not now. They would have to change an enormous amount of things which would require insane planning and would be very costly.

The problem is, the cost of not going metric is a hidden long term loss with no apparent up front costs. The cost of switching to metric is a very clear up front cost with not so clear long term savings.

Politically, it is extremely difficult to convince anyone of the benefits, especially when you've got conservatives and companies that typically focus a lot on quarterly profits and keeping share holders happy.

What is the cost to the middle class worker whose job is exported to a metric country, because American industry feels it is less costly and less bother to give the job to an already trained metric worker than a whinny resistant American worker?

According to the movie: "Obama's America:2016", Obama sees the US as a colonial power that needs to be eliminated. If this be true and he and those who support him enough in this view with power to assist him in achieving this goal, the US can never metricate.

Nothing can be implemented in the US that would have the effect of strengthening the political or economic power of the US, especially in the dealings with the world.

Failure to bring the metric system to the US, whether by design or accident, is a blessing to the world and a curse to the US.

It will be very interesting in the course of the next few years to see how far down the US falls.